Topic – Ancient Greeks
This week, the children used drama to explore how the Ancient Greek civilisation ended. They created a freeze frame to represent one of the three reasons:
- the city states fighting against each other
- The Romans invading
- people rebelling against the ruling oligarchy
Help at home by asking your children to remember what they have learnt about the Ancient Greek civilisation including how it ended.
We’re artists
This week, the children have also been artists.
Today, they’ve explored making patterns on larger sheet of paper using charcoal.
We’re writers
This week, the children have written a recount from the point of view of an Athenian warrior returning home and marching through the streets of Athens.
They’ve included:
- prepositions
- adverbs
- written in the past tense
- checked for capital letters and full stops
- their best handwriting
The writing across Year 4 has been amazing! We’re really impressed.
Here are some quotes from their work:
Finally, I started to climb the impressive temple stairs. Ryan
Steadily, the gigantic boat glided through the bright blue sea. Eleanor
Under my feet, I felt the familiar soil. Hannah H
Well done, Year 4.
Help at home by looking at the BBC Bitesize website grammar pages. This will help to reinforce learning about the different word classes including prepositions and adverbs.
Living and Learning: Rights and responsibilities
This week, our L&L statement was: I know that rights come with responsibilities.
We all have rights but these come with certain responsibilities. In our circle time, we came up with some rights we have and the responsibilities that come with these:
- We have a right to sleep in a bedroom but a responsibility to keep it tidy.
- We have a right to come to school to learn but a responsibility to behave at school.
- We have a right to eat food but a responsibility to use good table manners when we eat it.
- We have a right to read but a responsibility to respect the books that we read.
- We have a right to watch things but a responsibility to make sure it is appropriate.
- We have a right to share our opinions in circle time but a responsibility to respect others’ opinions.
Help at home: Watch this video: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zqgm7yc#zmghp4j and ask your child what rights and responsibilities they have at home (eg. they have the right to play with their toys but a responsibility to do this safely).
Year 4 Reading Records
Thank you to everyone who brought their Reading Record in today for Book Club.
In class, we enjoyed our ‘Book Wars’ discussions. You all gave some great reasons why your book should be read by others.
Here are some fantastic examples of completed Reading Record tasks so far this year.
Well done, everyone.
Help at home by regularly listening to your child read.
History – Ancient Greeks
This week, in topic lessons, the children have explored timelines to locate the Golden Age of Ancient Greece where society was at its best.
The children learned about the differences in the way of life in the Ancient Greek city states of Athens and Sparta. The children decided whether they’d rather be an Athenian or a Spartan! Help at home by asking your child to recall the differences between each city state.
PE – hockey
This week, in PE, the children have played hockey.
They practised:
- holding the hockey stick correctly
- dribbling the ball
- passing the ball in different ways
- playing a team game involving passing the ball 5, 10 and 20 times
The children can’t wait for PE on Friday!
Autumn term after school clubs
Year 4 – Reading
Book Club is every Thursday.
Well done to everyone who brought their Reading Record today; we shared some fabulous examples in our Book Club session. The children enjoyed reading their library books and sharing books with each other. Your child should have taken their library book home with them today to enjoy reading at home.
Help at home by continuing to listen to your child read regularly.
Well done, Year 4. Have fun reading!
Maths – column addition
This week in Maths, the children have been adding 3-digit and 4-digit numbers using the column method. We’ve talked about the importance of setting the calculation out in the correct columns. The children are remembering how to exchange into the next column.
Here are some examples below:
Help at home by practising this method.